Hoop-racking machine.



w. H. HUNT.

HOOP BACKING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV-6.1915.

1,201,186. Patented Oct. 10,1916.

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HOOP BACKING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV-6| 1915.

1,201,186. Patented 001;. 10,1916.

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flaw/M 1 WILLIAM H. HUNT, 0F ROCKLAND, MICHIGAN.

HOOP-BACKING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters. Patent.

Patented Oct. 10, 1916.

Application filed November 6, 1915. Serial No. 60,03 7.

T 0 all whom it may concern .i

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. HUNT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Rockland, in the county of Ontonagon and State of Michigan, have invented new and useful Improvements in Hoop-Racking Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to hoop racking machines and it consists in the novel features hereinafter described and claimed.

An object of the invention is to provide a machine of simple and durable structural arrangement adapted to be used for separating sticks of timber into hoops to be used for binding the staves of tubs and similar vessels.

In the accompanying drawings :Figure 1 is a side elevation of the hoop racking machine. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view of the same. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a breaker bar used upon the machine. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a bed used upon the machine.

The hoop racking machine comprises a base 1 of suitable material and standards 2 are 'mounted upon the said base. A bed' member 3 is mounted at the upper ends of the standards 2, and the said bed member is provided with an inclined upper face. A fulcrum block 4 is mounted at the receiving end of the bed member 3 and the upper edge of the said block is disposed above the upper face of the said bed member.

A frame 5 is mounted upon the base 1 adjacent the standards 2 and a block 6 is movably mounted in the said frame. A spring 7 is connected at one end with the upper portion of the frame 5 and the lower end of the said spring is connected with the upper end of the block 6. The spring 7 isunder tension with a tendency to normally hold the block 6 and the parts supported thereon in an elevated position. A rack bar 8 is provided uponthe frame 5 below the block 6. A lever 9 is fulcrumed at one end to the base 1 and the intermediate portion of the said lever is pivotally or otherwise suitably connected with the lower end of the block 6.

A breaker bar 10 is pivoted at a point between its ends to the side of the block 6 and the said bar is provided at one end with a laterally disposed head 11, having at its lower side a curved surface 12 which lies above the inclined upper face of the bed 'tating the said shaft.

member 3. A shaft 13 is journaled in suitable bearings provided upon the base 1 and any suitable means may be provided for ro- A disk or wheel 14 is fixed to one end of the said shaft 10 and a wrist pin 15 is mounted upon the said disk at a point eccentric thereof. A pitman 16 is pivotally connected at one end with the pin 15 and the other end of the said pitman is pivotally connected with one end of the breaker bar 10, and as the head 11 thereof descends the curved surface 12 encounters the upper side of the stick of timber andthe check incisions are extended along the sticks and thus the hoops are split one from the other and the stick is reduced to a series of hoops. When the splits have been continued to a point near the outer end of the stick, the said stick is removed from the bed member and is ready for shipment.

When the end of the stick is first placed upon the block 4, the operator places his foot upon the forward end of the lever 9 and depresses the same, whereby the block 6 is moved in a downward direction and the breaker bar 10 is' carried with it. When the breaker bar is in proper position. above the stick, the lever 9 is engaged in the'teeth of the rack bar 8, whereby the said breaker bar is held at the adjusted position. When the stick has been sufliciently split, the lever 9 is disengaged from the rack bar 8 and the tension of the spring 7 comes into play, whereby the block 6 and the parts mounted thereon are elevated and thussuflicient room is provided to permit the said stick to be readily removed from the said bed member 3 From the above description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings it will be seen that a hoop racking machine of simple and durable structure is provided and that the parts may be easily and readily manipulated to effectually reduce a stick. of

timber to hoops and to permit the stick to be readily inserted between the bed member and breaker bar head and to permit its re moval therefrom.

Having described the invention what is claimed is A .hoop racking machine comprising a base, standards mounted thereon, a bed member supported in an inclined position upon the standards, a fulcrum block mounted upon the bed member at the receiving end thereof, a frame mounted uponthe base, a block slidably mounted in the frame, a spring connected at one end with the.upper portion of the frame and at *its other end with the said block and being under tension with a tendency to normally hold the block in an elevated position in the frame, a lever fulcrumed upon the base 'and connected at a point between its ends with the block, a rack bar mounted upon the frame and with which the said lever may engage to hold the free end thereof in a depressed position,

a breaker bar pivotally mounted at the side in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM "H. HUNT.

Witnesses:

EDWARD EMMOND, OTTO H. MUELLER. 

